Janet's Smiles: It’s Actually August

Sunday, August 16, 2020

It’s Actually August

Today is Sunday and that means it’s time for Song Lyric Sunday as hosted by Jim Adams, who gives us the prompt of Clear/Dark/Light.

As much as the times are in a state of constant upheaval right now, it is only logical that we’d have some unusual weather as well. The last few days have been extremely warm here in my part of California and the temperatures have been close to if not hitting 100 degrees. Friday night at 8:20 PM it was 79 degrees! That’s usually a midday high.

The sunset as seen from my front porch. Aren’t the colors gorgeous?

This morning we woke up to thunder and lightening. It went on for about 2 hours.

Followed by this sunrise out our back porch:

Almost looks like the sunset doesn’t it? So glad I got up to see this spectacle of nature.

So my song for #SLS today is “Dance Into The Light” by Phil Collins.

Dance Into the Light

Phil Collins

It’s there in the eyes of the children
In the faces smiling in the windows
You can come on out, come on open the doors
Brush away the tears of freedom

Now we’re here, there’s no turning back
We have each other
We have one voice

Hand in hand we will lay the tracks
Because the train is coming to carry you home

Come dance with me
Come on and dance into the light
Everybody dance into the light

There’ll be no more hiding in shadows of fear
There’ll be no more chains to hold you
The future is yours – you hold the key
And there are no walls with freedom

Now we’re here, we won’t go back
We are one world
We have one voice

Side by side we are not afraid
Because the train is coming to carry you home

Come dance with me
Come on and dance into the light
Everybody dance into the light

Do you see the sun, it’s a brand new day
Oh, the world’s in your hands, now use it
What’s past is past, don’t turn around
Brush away the cobwebs of freedom

Now we’re here, there’s no turning back
You have each other
You have one voice

Hand in hand you can lay the tracks
Because the train is coming to carry you home

Come dance with me
Come on and dance into the light
Everybody dance into the light

Source: LyricFind

Songwriters: Phillip David Charles Collins

Hope you all have a great rest of your weekend. Stay safe out there!

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Thursday, August 13, 2020

It’s Actually August

It’s hard to believe (but not really) that a month has passed since I last posted anything. I have been visiting others and leaving comments, but it seems I really have had nothing much to say on my own. Thanks to Erica/Erika for letting me know that she hadn’t seen me around. That gave me the kick to write again.

So what exactly have I been doing in the last month? I have been watching the SF Giants play. It is a difficult year for our team. In addition to the COVID delay and precautions, we have a new manager and our pitching staff is questionable. Our catcher, Buster Posey, decided to sit out this year because he and his wife adopted newborn twins and he doesn’t want to risk exposure to them. I wholeheartedly agree with that decision. Truth be told, I think they probably should have just given this season a pass anyway. I do think from watching the games so far that we have the best fans in the stands cutouts. Our stadium almost looks full and most of them are actual fan photos. The Colorado Rockies put cutouts of only their players in the seats. Lame.

I’ve been doing some coloring while I watch the games. These can serve as my entries into the Escapist Coloring Club for this month. They are all from the Magical Jungle coloring book that I got for Christmas from my son.

I’ve seen lots of interesting uses of the mask.

And we had a bumper crop of peaches from our tree. I think I’m going to try to make a peach pie, although I’m pretty sure that is not going to be a keto friendly dish. Oh well, you only live once, right?

So that’s been what’s up with me. I’ve done a little typing and made a few cards for the Etsy site but truthfully, I haven’t even been crafting that much.